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SPORTS
East Oregonian
Thursday, January 12, 2017
Women’s College Basketball
No. 10 Oregon State continues to improve
By STEVE GRESS
Albany Democrat-Herald
CORVALLIS — When
Oregon State players walked
off the Gill Coliseum floor
back in November following
a 74-73 women’s basketball
loss to Marquette, there was
a feeling of frustration.
The Beavers, unable to
make plays down the stretch
on either end of the floor, had
blown a late lead and watched
as their 15-game home win
streak was snapped.
The Beavers were 3-1 and
on the verge of falling out of
the Top 25 for the first time in
two seasons.
“Coming
off
that
Marquette loss really put in
perspective what we need to
work on,” freshman guard
Mikayla Pivec recalled after
practice Tuesday.
Added coach Scott Rueck:
“This team is extremely
hungry
and
extremely
competitive and was very
disappointed in that loss
against Marquette.”
So back to work the
Beavers went.
And while the road has
had a few bumps along the
way, the Beavers have reeled
off 12 straight victories and
find themselves atop the
Pac-12 standings at 4-0 and
No. 10 in The Associated
Press poll.
Oh, and they are coming
off the program’s first-ever
win at Stanford, a thrilling
72-69 double-overtime affair
Sunday evening at Maples
Pavilion.
“To be the first says, well,
this program has progressed
to that level where we
believe we can,” coach Scott
Rueck said of the win over
the Cardinal. “And this team
was so determined to make
it happen. I think everybody
saw that in the faces of the
players and how bad they
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Anibal Ortiz/Corvallis Gazette-Times via AP
In this file photo, Oregon State center Marie Gulich (21)
shoots next to Washington’s Chantel Osahor (0) during
the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Sun-
day, Jan. 1, 2017, in Corvallis, Ore.
wanted that game.
“For us to compete at
that level at this point of the
season was remarkable. I
thought it just showed that
this team has something
special to it to overcome a lot
title game.
The Beavers continued
to build off those successes
and have opened the Pac-12
season with what many
thought would be improbable
— four wins, including three
against top-20 teams with
two on the road.
That
tough
stretch
continues on Friday when
the Beavers head to Pauley
Pavilion for a showdown
with No. 17 UCLA. The
Bruins are coming off a tough
road trip to Washington that
saw them drop both games.
The Beavers, however,
have no thoughts of letting
up or being satisfied. It’s
been too much fun so far.
“The sky’s the limit for us
because we still made a lot of
mistakes and so the fact that
we can make some mistakes
and still be winning right
now, it’s a very good sign
for us,” senior Sydney Wiese
said.
TRAIL BLAZERS: Love gets scare Brooks makes
Men’s College Basketball
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after winning $3.75 million in an
arbitration hearing last season.
“He fits our ballpark particularly
well. He’s a pretty extreme fly-ball
pitcher with the low walks, high
strikeouts, who in our ballpark, with
what we think is a greatly improved
outfield defense fits us like a glove
really,” Dipoto said. “If as we expect
he shows up and does his thing it
should fit very well for us in this
ballpark.”
What Smith may be able to add
was attractive to Neander, who said
the trade was made to help position
the Rays to be competitive in 2017.
He stopped short of saying he expects
Smith to make the team coming out
of spring training.
“We need to get better,” Neander
said. “To do that, we need more
competition” for jobs.
Simmons is also a key acquisition
for Seattle, providing another power
arm in the bullpen. Simmons, 26,
made seven appearances last season
while recovering from Tommy John
surgery and threw just 6 2/3 big
league innings. Before elbow issues,
Simmons was 1-2 with a 2.91 ERA
in 26 appearances during the 2014
season.
“He’s had a strong history with
striking (batters) out and (we’re)
really excited to plug him in,” Dipoto
said.
The cost for Seattle to complete to
two deals meant giving up two of its
top pitching prospects in Yarbrough
and Luiz Gohara. Yarbrough, 25, was
named the Southern League pitcher
of the year after going 12-4 with a
2.95 ERA at Double-A Jackson last
season. Gohara, 20, was 7-2 with a
1.81 ERA and 81 strikeouts in 13
starts at two Class A stops.
Seattle also sent lefty Thomas
Burrows to Atlanta and designated
right-hander Cody Martin for assign-
ment to make room on its 40-man
roster.
of adversity and to overcome
the run that they made at us
multiple times.”
It would have been hard
to imagine such a win as
Sunday’s on that Tuesday
night in November, when the
Golden Eagles used a 9-2 run
over the final three minutes
for the upset.
While that loss was a
turning point, the Beavers
still struggled to put together
consistent efforts. In fact,
Rueck said this week
he would not have been
surprised if the Beavers had
dropped two of the following
five game with the way they
played.
One of those potential
losses could have come
against UNLV in the opening
game of the Play4Kay
Shootout in Las Vegas. But
the Beavers rallied to come
away with a 62-59.
A lineup change that
inserted Pivec and redshirt
senior post Breanna Brown
into the starting rotation
seemed to make a difference
as the Beavers played better
in a win over Quinnipiac and
then dominated then-unde-
feated Oklahoma State in the
The Cavaliers, who fell to the
Utah Jazz 100-92 on Tuesday
night, were delayed in getting
to Portland but finally arrived
about 3 a.m. Wednesday.
The Trail Blazers beat the
Lakers in Los Angeles 108-87
on Tuesday night. The team’s
flight was sent to Seattle, and
players spent the night there.
They flew into Portland by
midday Wednesday and stayed
in hotel to rest until game time.
“The show must go on,”
McCollum said before the game.
The Cavaliers got a scare
with 1:21 left in the first quarter
when Kevin Love collided
slightly with Al-Farouq Aminu
and fell to the ground, clutching
his left knee. Love walked off
the court under his own power
and returned a short time later.
Portland led 27-20 at the end
of the first, led by Aminu with
eight points. Crabbe’s running
3-pointer stretched the lead to
37-24.
Crabbe hit another 3-pointer
and Maurice Harkless dunked
to push the lead to 42-26 and
the crowd was on its feet. But
Love’s 3-pointer closed the gap
to 45-39 with just under three
minutes to go in the first half.
Portland led 49-41 at the
break, with Crabbe’s 18 points
leading all scorers.
The storm, which started
Tuesday evening, had dumped
the most snow recorded in the
city since 2008 by midnight,
according to the National
Weather
Service.
When
Wednesday’s total is included,
it might be the city’s biggest
snowfall of the 21st century.
Gov. Kate Brown and Port-
land Mayor Ted Wheeler both
issued a state of emergency.
The Blazers encouraged fans
to use their best judgment in
whether to attend the game, and
the crowd to see the defending
NBA champions was surpris-
ingly large.
TIP INS
Cavaliers: With his second
assist of the game, James passed
Tim Hardaway for 15th on
NBA’s all-time assist list with
7,095.
Trail Blazers: When the
Blazers played the Cavaliers
back on Nov. 23, Kevin Love
finished with 40 points after
scoring 34 in the first quarter.
Before Wednesday night’s
game, Blazers coach Terry
Stotts half-joked: “If we hold
Kevin under 20 in the first
quarter, that’ll be a good start.”
Love had 8 points in the quarter.
... It was Stotts’ 200th victory as
Portland’s head coach.
KORVER’S
ACCLIMA-
TION: Kyle Korver made his
debut against Utah, playing
17 minutes with two points.
Against the Blazers he had two
points in 25 minutes. He was
1-for-5 from the field.
midseason
Top 25 list
LOS ANGELES — Each season
the John R. Wooden Award is given
to the most outstanding basketball
player in college basketball.
On Wednesday, the Los Angeles
Athletic Club cut its watch list from
the preseason Top 50
to its midseason Top
25, and Oregon junior
forward Dillon Brooks
found his name on it.
The 6-foot-7 Brooks
is second on the team
Brooks
averaging 13.8 points
per game, while also
shooting 48 percent from the floor and
35 percent from 3-point range.
Brooks is one of five players from
the Pac-12 on the midseason list,
joining TJ Leaf and Lonzo Ball of
UCLA, Markelle Fultz of Washington,
and Lauri Markkane of Arizona.
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there on that play and competed as
hard as I could and didn’t come up
with the catch. On to the next.”
Falcons
receiver Aldrick
Robinson cringed this week when
reminded about the no-call.
“It was hard,” Robinson said.
“It was hard to watch.”
Even so, Robinson said he wasn’t
surprised to see Jones keep his cool.
“He ain’t going to complain
about what’s going on because
he knows it’s hard to stop him,”
Robinson said. “He knows if
you’ve got to grab him, a lot of
guys get away with it. He’s prob-
ably used to it by now.”
Sherman erupted on the Seattle
sideline, screaming at coaches and
teammates, after Jones’ 36-yard
touchdown catch in the third quarter.
The star cornerback has had little to
say this week about the rematch.
When asked what stood out
in his memory of the first game
against Atlanta, Sherman said,
“Nothing that I didn’t know. He’s
a great player.”
Sherman also said Jones
“works the whole game. He plays
hard every snap.”
Similarly, Jones described
Sherman as “very competitive.”
“I know that he comes to play
and I do the same, week in and
week out,” Jones said. “It’s just
going to be fun with the matchup.”
Seattle lost at Atlanta 30-28 in
another divisional round playoff
game following the 2012 regular
season before recovering to win the
Super Bowl the following season.
Jones was a repeat All-Pro
selection despite missing two
games with a sprained toe. He
still finished second in the NFL
with 1,409 yards receiving on 83
catches, six for touchdowns.
Sherman was a three-time
All-Pro pick from 2012-14. He
helped lead the 2013 Seahawks
to their first Super Bowl title, with
current Falcons coach Dan Quinn
as defensive coordinator .
Quinn said Sherman has “that
kind of football acumen” to play
quarterback.
“He understands football
completely but it’s what he stands
for as a competitor that makes him
so unique,” Quinn said Wednesday.
Quinn said the Jones-Sherman
rematch will be “awesome.”
“When you see two really
skilled competitors really battling
for it, it’s totally the essence of our
game,” Quinn said. “... We’ll antic-
ipate that one happening a bunch.”
Jones said the game is bigger
than his desire to win his matchup.
“We’re in the playoffs,” he said.
“At the end of the day it’s not ‘I
want revenge’ or anything like that.
It’s just that they’re in our way.”
SCOREBOARD
Local Slate
BOYS PREP BASKETBALL
Today
Nixyaawii at Wallowa, 7:30 p.m.
Friday
Pilot Rock at Culver, 6 p.m.
Pendleton at Sunset, 7:15 p.m.
Irrigon at Riverside, 7:30 p.m.
Heppner at Stanfield, 7:30 p.m.
Ione at Arlington, 7:30 p.m.
Condon/Wheeler at South Wasco, 7:30 p.m.
Powder Valley at Echo, 7:30 p.m.
Nixyaawii at Helix, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday
Umatilla at Irrigon, 1 p.m.
Stanfield at Culver, 2:30 p.m.
Heppner at Weston-McEwen, 4 p.m.
Baker at Mac-Hi, 5:15 p.m.
Mitchell/Spray at Condon/Wheeler (Fos-
sil), 5:30 p.m.
Arlington at Horizon Christian (Hood
River), 5:30 p.m.
Dufur at Ione, 5:30 p.m.
Echo at Wallowa, 5:30 p.m.
Joseph at Helix, 5:30 p.m.
Nixyaawii at Pine Eagle, 5:30 p.m.
La Grande at Hermiston, 5:45 p.m.
Riverside at Burns, 6:30 p.m.
GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL
Today
Nixyaawii at Wallowa, 6 p.m.
Friday
Pilot Rock at Culver, 4:30 p.m.
Irrigon at Riverside, 6 p.m.
Heppner at Stanfield, 6 p.m.
Ione at Arlington, 6 p.m.
Condon/Wheeler at South Wasco, 6 p.m.
Powder Valley at Echo, 6 p.m.
Nixyaawii at Helix, 6 p.m.
Saturday
Umatilla at Irrigon, 3 p.m.
Baker at Mac-Hi, 3:30 p.m.
Pendleton at Lewiston (ID), 4 p.m.
Stanfield at Culver, 4 p.m.
Mitchell/Spray at Condon/Wheeler
(Fossil), 4 p.m.
Arlington at Horizon Christian (Hood
River), 4 p.m.
Dufur at Ione, 4 p.m.
Echo at Wallowa, 4 p.m.
Joseph at Helix,4 p.m.
Nixyaawii at Pine Eagle, 4 p.m.
Riverside at Burns, 5 p.m.
Heppner at Weston-McEwen, 5:30 p.m.
West Valley (WA) at Hermiston, 7:30 p.m.
PREP WRESTLING
Friday-Saturday
Hermiston, Pendleton, Mac-Hi, Riverside,
Irrigon, Heppner at Oregon Classic (De-
schutes County Fairgrounds), TBD
Saturday
Echo at Bonanza Tournament, 9 a.m.
PREP SWIMMING
Saturday
Pendleton, Hermiston at Madras Meet,
10 a.m.
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Today
Eastern Oregon at Oregon Tech, 7:30 p.m.
Blue Mountain at Yakima Valley, 8 p.m.
Saturday
Columbia Basin at Blue Mountain, 4 p.m.
Eastern Oregon at Southern Oregon,
7:30 p.m.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Today
Eastern Oregon at Oregon Tech, 5:30 p.m.
Blue Mountain at Yakima Valley, 6 p.m.
Saturday
Columbia Basin at Blue Mountain, 2 p.m.
Eastern Oregon at Southern Oregon,
5:30 p.m.
COLLEGE WRESTLING
Saturday
Eastern Oregon (women only) at Oregon
Classic, TBD
Prep Scores
BOYS BASKETBALL
Wednesday’s Games
Churchill 69, Ashland 36
North Medford 65, Sheldon 62
Springfield 59, Crater 39
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Wednesday’s Games
Churchill 69, Ashland 19
Crater 56, Springfield 40
Henley 54, North Valley 34
Hidden Valley 48, Phoenix 38
Football
NFL
Divisional Playoffs
Saturday
Seattle at Atlanta, 1:35 p.m. (FOX)
Houston at New England, 5:15 p.m. (CBS)
Sunday
Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 10:05 a.m. (NBC)
Green Bay at Dallas, 1:40 p.m. (FOX)
Pro Bowl Selections
Sunday, Jan. 29
At Camping World Stadium
Orlando, Fla.
(s-starter; x-first time; i-injured; r-replace-
ment)
AFC
OFFENSE (21)
QUARTERBACKS (3) — s-Tom Brady,
New England; Derek Carr, Oakland; Ben
Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh.
WIDE RECEIVERS (4) — s-Antonio
Brown, Pittsburgh; s-Amari Cooper,
Oakland; i-A.J. Green, Cincinnati; T.Y. Hilton,
Indianapolis; r-Jarvis Landry, Miami.
RUNNING BACKS (3) — s-Le’Veon Bell,
Pittsburgh; rx-Jay Ajayi, Miami; i-LeSean
McCoy, Buffalo; DeMarco Murray, Ten-
nessee.
FULLBACK (1) — sx-Kyle Juszczyk,
Baltimore.
TIGHT ENDS (2) — s-Travis Kelce, Kansas
City; Delanie Walker, Tennessee.
TACKLES (3) — s-Donald Penn, Oakland;
s-Joe Thomas, Cleveland; x-Taylor Lewan,
Tennessee.
GUARDS (3) — sx-Kelechi Osemele,
Oakland; s-Marshal Yanda, Baltimore; David
DeCastro, Pittsburgh.
CENTERS (2) — sx-Rodney Hudson, Oak-
land; Maurkice Pouncey, Pittsburgh.
DEFENSE (18)
DEFENSIVE ENDS (3) — s-Khalil Mack,
Oakland; s-Cameron Wake, Miami; x-Jade-
veon Clowney, Houston.
INTERIOR LINEMEN (3) — s-Geno At-
kins, Cincinnati; s-Ndamukong Suh, Miami;
Jurrell Casey, Tennessee.
OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS (3) — s-Lorenzo
Alexander, Buffalo; s-Von Miller, Denver;
Brian Orakpo, Tennessee.
INSIDE/MIDDLE LINEBACKERS (2) —
sx-Dont’a Hightower, New England; C.J.
Mosley, Baltimore.
CORNERBACKS (4) — s-Marcus Peters,
Kansas City; s-Aqib Talib, Denver; Chris
Harris, Jr., Denver; x-Casey Hayward, San
Diego.
FREE SAFETIES (2) — s-Devin McCourty,
New England; Reggie Nelson, Oakland.
STRONG SAFETY (1) — s-Eric Berry,
Kansas City.
SPECIALISTS (4)
PUNTER (1) — Pat McAfee, Indianapolis.
PLACEKICKER (1) — Justin Tucker,
Baltimore.
RETURN SPECIALIST (1) — x-Tyreek Hill,
Kansas City.
SPECIAL TEAMER (1) — Matthew Slater,
New England.
NFC
OFFENSE (21)
QUARTERBACKS (3) — s-Matt Ryan,
Atlanta; x-Dak Prescott, Dallas; Aaron
Rodgers, Green Bay.
WIDE RECEIVERS (4) — s-Odell Beck-
ham, Jr., New York Giants; s-Julio Jones,
Atlanta; x-Mike Evans, Tampa Bay; Larry
Fitzgerald, Arizona.
RUNNING BACKS (3) — sx-Ezekiel Elliott,
Dallas; Devonta Freeman, Atlanta; rx-Jordan
Howard, Chicago; ix-David Johnson,
Arizona.
FULLBACK (1) — s-Mike Tolbert, Carolina.
TIGHT ENDS (2) — s-Greg Olsen, Caroli-
na; x-Jordan Reed, Washington.
TACKLES (3) — s-Tyron Smith, Dallas;
s-Trent Williams, Washington; Jason Peters,
Philadelphia.
GUARDS (3) — s-Zack Martin, Dallas;
sx-Brandon Scherff, Washington; x-T.J.
Lang, Green Bay.
CENTERS (2) — s-Travis Frederick, Dallas;
Alex Mack, Atlanta.
DEFENSE (18)
DEFENSIVE ENDS (3) — sx-Cliff Avril,
Seattle; s-Everson Griffen, Minnesota;
Michael Bennett, Seattle.
INTERIOR LINEMEN (3) — s-Aaron Don-
ald, Los Angeles; s-Gerald McCoy, Tampa
Bay; Fletcher Cox, Philadelphia.
OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS (3) — sx-Vic
Beasley, Atlanta; s-Ryan Kerrigan, Washing-
ton; Thomas Davis, Carolina.
INSIDE/MIDDLE LINEBACKERS (2) —
s-Bobby Wagner, Seattle; Luke Kuechly,
Carolina.
CORNERBACKS (4) — sx-Janoris Jenkins,
New York Giants; s-Patrick Peterson, Arizo-
na; x-Xavier Rhodes, Minnesota; Richard
Sherman, Seattle.
FREE SAFETIES (2) — s-Harrison Smith,
Minnesota; x-Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, Green Bay.
STRONG SAFETY (1) — sx-Landon
Collins, New York Giants.
SPECIALISTS (4)
PUNTER (1) — Johnny Hekker, Los
Angeles.
PLACEKICKER (1) — x-Matt Bryant,
Atlanta.
RETURN SPECIALIST (1) — Cordarrelle
Patterson, Minnesota.
SPECIAL TEAMER (1) — x-Dwayne Harris,
New York Giants.
Basketball
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Toronto
25 13
.658
—
Boston
24 15
.615
1½
New York
17 22
.436
8½
Philadelphia
11 25
.306
13
Brooklyn
8 29
.216 16½
Southeast Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Atlanta
22 16
.579
—
Charlotte
20 19
.513
2½
Washington
19 19
.500
3
Orlando
16 24
.400
7
Miami
11 29
.275
12
Central Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Cleveland
28 10
.737
—
Indiana
20 18
.526
8
Milwaukee
19 18
.514
8½
Chicago
19 20
.487
9½
Detroit
18 22
.450
11
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W
L
Pct
GB
San Antonio
30
8
.789
—
Houston
31 10
.756
½
Memphis
24 17
.585
7½
New Orleans
15 24
.385 15½
Dallas
11 27
.289
19
Northwest Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Utah
24 16
.600
—
Oklahoma City
24 16
.600
—
Portland
18 23
.439
6½
Denver
14 23
.378
8½
Minnesota
13 26
.333 10½
Pacific Division
W
L
Pct
GB
Golden State
33
6
.846
—
L.A. Clippers
27 14
.659
7
Sacramento
16 22
.421 16½
L.A. Lakers
15 27
.357 19½
Phoenix
12 26
.316 20½
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Wednesday’s Games
Philadelphia 98, New York 97
Boston 117, Washington 108
Minnesota 119, Houston 105
Oklahoma City 103, Memphis 95
L.A. Clippers 105, Orlando 96
Portland 102, Cleveland 86
Today’s Games
Indiana at Denver, Noon
New Orleans at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m.
Chicago at New York, 5 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m.
Dallas at Phoenix, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Golden State, 7:30 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Charlotte at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.
Brooklyn at Toronto, 4:30 p.m.
Boston at Atlanta, 5 p.m.
Memphis at Houston, 5 p.m.
Miami at Milwaukee, 5 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
Orlando at Portland, 7 p.m.
Cleveland at Sacramento, 7:30 p.m.
Detroit at Utah, 7:30 p.m.
NCAA
Men’s Top 25
Wednesday’s Games
No. 8 Creighton 75, No. 12 Butler 64
No. 11 North Carolina 93, Wake Forest 87
No. 14 Louisville 85, Pittsburgh 80
Michigan State 65, No. 24 Minnesota 47
Today’s Games
No. 4 UCLA at Colorado, 8 p.m.
No. 5 Gonzaga vs. Loyola Marymount, 6 p.m.
No. 16 Arizona vs. Arizona State, 6 p.m.
No. 17 Purdue at Iowa, 6 p.m.
No. 18 Wisconsin vs. Ohio State, 4 p.m.
No. 20 Notre Dame at Miami, 4 p.m.
No. 21 Saint Mary’s at Portland, 8 p.m.
No. 22 Cincinnati vs. SMU, 6 p.m.
No. 25 Southern Cal at Utah, 6 p.m.
Friday’s Games
No games scheduled
Women’s Top 25
Wednesday’s Games
No. 2 Baylor 77, TCU 54
No. 3 Maryland 89, Penn State 83
No. 14 Miami 82, No. 15 Virginia Tech 75
Texas Tech 75, No. 18 West Virginia 66
No. 22 Oklahoma 67, Iowa State 57
No. 25 Kansas State 73, Kansas 60
Today’s Games
No. 4 Mississippi State vs. Florida, 6 p.m.
No. 5 South Carolina vs. Georgia, 4 p.m.
No. 6 Notre Dame vs. Pittsburgh, 4 p.m.
No. 7 Florida State vs. No. 9 Louisville, 4 p.m.
No. 12 Duke vs. North Carolina, 4 p.m.
Friday’s Games
No. 8 Washington at Arizona, 6 p.m.
No. 10 Oregon State at No. 17 UCLA, 6 p.m.
No. 13 Stanford at Utah, 5 p.m.
No. 19 Arizona State vs. Washington
State, 10 a.m.
No. 21 DePaul vs. Butler, 5 p.m.
No. 24 California at Colorado, 6 p.m.
Hockey
NHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W
L OT
Montreal
42 26 10
6
Boston
44 22 17
5
Ottawa
39 21 14
4
Florida
43 19 16
8
Toronto
39 18 13
8
Tampa Bay 42 19 19
4
Buffalo
40 16 15
9
Detroit
41 17 18
6
Metropolitan Division
GP W
L OT
Columbus 40 28
8
4
Washington 41 27
9
5
Pittsburgh 40 26
9
5
N.Y. Rangers 42 28 13
1
Philadelphia 43 21 16
6
Carolina
41 19 15
7
New Jersey 42 16 18
8
N.Y. Islanders 39 15 16
8
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W
L OT
Chicago
44 27 12
5
Minnesota 39 25
9
5
St. Louis
41 21 15
5
Nashville
41 18 16
7
Pts
58
49
46
46
44
42
41
40
GF GA
132 101
110 108
99 102
100 114
120 116
118 127
93 110
103 119
Pts
60
59
57
57
48
45
40
38
GF GA
135 90
120 86
141 114
146 107
124 133
109 111
95 124
107 119
Pts
59
55
47
43
GF GA
124 107
123 85
117 123
114 111
Winnipeg 44 20
Dallas
42 17
Colorado
39 13
Pacific Division
GP W
San Jose
42 25
Anaheim
43 22
Edmonton 43 21
Calgary
44 23
Los Angeles 41 20
Vancouver 43 20
Arizona
40 12
21
17
25
3 43 122 133
8 42 109 127
1 27 79 130
L OT Pts GF GA
15
2 52 112 96
13
8 52 115 113
15
7 49 123 118
19
2 48 117 121
17
4 44 102 105
19
4 44 106 123
22
6 30 86 128
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for
overtime loss.
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Wednesday’s Games
Florida 2, N.Y. Islanders 1
Montreal 7, Winnipeg 4
Washington 5, Pittsburgh 2
Calgary 3, San Jose 2
Today’s Games
Vancouver at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.
Buffalo at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m.
Boston at Nashville, 5 p.m.
Montreal at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
Detroit at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.
Anaheim at Colorado, 6 p.m.
New Jersey at Edmonton, 6 p.m.
St. Louis at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.
All-Star Game rosters
Sunday, Jan. 29 at The Staples Center,
Los Angeles
c-captain
Atlantic Division
Forwards — Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay;
Brad Marchand, Boston; Auston Matthews,
Toronto; Frans Nielsen, Detroit; Kyle Okpo-
so, Buffalo; Vincent Trocheck, Florida.
Defensemen — Victor Hedman, Tampa
Bay; Erik Karlsson, Ottawa; Shea Weber,
Montreal.
Goalies — c-Carey Price, Montreal; Tuukka
Rask, Boston.
Metropolitan Division
Forwards — c-Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh;
Taylor Hall, New Jersey; Evgeni Malkin,
Pittsburgh; Alex Ovechkin, Washington;
Wayne Simmonds, Philadelphia; John
Tavares, N.Y. Islanders.
Defensemen — Justin Faulk, Carolina;
Seth Jones, Columbus; Ryan McDonagh,
N.Y. Rangers.
Goalies — Sergei Bobrovsky, Columbus;
Braden Holtby, Washington.
Central Division
Forwards — Patrick Kane, Chicago;
Patrik Laine, Winnipeg; Nathan MacKinnon,
Colorado; Tyler Seguin, Dallas; Vladimir
Tarasenko, St. Louis; Jonathan Toews,
Chicago.
Defensemen — Duncan Keith, Chicago; c-P.K.
Subban, Nashville; Ryan Suter, Minnesota.
Goalies — Corey Crawford, Chicago;
Devan Dubnyk, Minnesota.
Pacific Division
Forwards — Jeff Carter, Los Angeles; John-
ny Gaudreau, Calgary; Bo Horvat, Vancouver;
Ryan Kesler, Anaheim; c-Connor McDavid,
Edmonton; Joe Pavelski, San Jose.
Defensemen — Brent Burns, San Jose;
Drew Doughty, Los Angeles; Cam Fowler,
Anaheim.
Goalies — Martin Jones, San Jose; Mike
Smith, Arizona.